National Audubon Society

National Audubon Society is considered a Big Green environmental group, one of the largest and most prominent in the world. It is a member of Natural Resources Council of America. "One of the oldest and most high-brow of American conservation groups, the Audubon Society has long been a bastion of Rockefeller Republicans. It demonstrates a particular obsession with Third World birth rates, advocating harsh population control measures. In 1991, the group fired Les Line, the award-winning editor of Audubon magazine, and replaced him with Malcolm Abrams, former editor of The Star tabloid. The group takes in hundreds of thousands of dollars from conservative foundations, such as Pew Charitable Trusts (Sun Oil), the J.M. Kaplan Fund (a former pass-through for CIA moneys) and the Ford Foundation. It has also raked in millions from royalties on oil and gas wells in its Rainey Wildlife Reserve in Louisiana. Last year, the group purged staff, including Brock Evans, widely regarded as the best eco-lobbyist on Capitol Hill. Former staffers say the new president, John Flicker, wants to turn the group into a Nature Conservancy for the birdwatching crowd. Local chapters, such as Sassafras Audubon in Bloomington, Ind., and Kalmiopsis Audubon in Port Orford, Ore., often demonstrate a refreshing degree of independence.

Peter Berle, an Audubon Society lawyer commanding $200,00 a year, trimmed the conservation staff and gloated "Unlike Greenpeace, Audubon doesn't have a reputation as a confrontational organization." (Washington Babylon, 200)


 * Former President - Russell Peterson

Overview

 * Budget: $44.9 million
 * Staff: 300
 * Members: 550,000
 * CEO Salary: More than $180,000 including benefits"

Directors (2008)
Accessed October 2008:


 * Steven R. Beissinger
 * Carol M. Browner
 * A. Peter Cannon, Jr.
 * Caroline C. Coe
 * Alan R. Dolan
 * Lynn Dolnick
 * Margot Ernst
 * David B. Ford
 * Frank Gill
 * Ralf Graves
 * David B. Hartwell
 * Charles F. Kahle
 * Allen J. Model
 * Jane-Kerin Moffat
 * Peggy Montano
 * Jess Morton
 * Sarah Muyskens
 * Margery Aylwin Nicolson
 * Adan A. Ortega
 * Andrew Sansom
 * Lloyd Semple
 * Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff
 * Don McKee
 * Michael Stolper
 * Virginia K. Stowe
 * Holt Thrasher
 * John A. Whittle
 * Alan Wilson
 * Roger Wolf
 * William P. Yellowtail

Former Directors (Accessed 2006)
Source: http://www.audubon.org/nas/board/#P53_2450
 * Juliet P. Tammenoms Bakker
 * Steve Beissinger, Ph.D.
 * Steve Blank
 * Carol Browner
 * A. Peter Cannon, Jr.
 * Caroline C. Coe
 * Leslie Dach
 * Lynn Dolnick
 * Margot Ernst
 * David B. Ford
 * Juliet V. Garcia
 * Christopher M. Harte
 * David B. Hartwell
 * Vivian Johnson
 * Charles F. Kahle
 * William W. McQuilkin, Jr.
 * Allen J. Model
 * Peggy Montano
 * Sarah Muyskens
 * Margery A. Nicholson, Ph.D.
 * Adan A. Ortega, Jr.
 * Geoffrey Cobb Ryan
 * Andrew Sansom
 * Richard Schlosberg
 * Lloyd Semple
 * Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff
 * Robert G. Stanton
 * Michael Stolper
 * Virginia Stowe
 * Ione Werthman
 * John Whittle
 * Alan Wilson
 * Roger C. Wolf
 * William P. Yellowtail
 * Steven T. Zimmerman

Contact details
225 Varick Street 7th Floor New York, NY 10014 Phone: (212) 979-3000 Fax: (212) 979-3188 Email: smontgomery AT audubon.org Web: http://www.audubon.org

Other Sourcewatch resources

 * Audubon Medal
 * Environmental organizations
 * Nongovernmental organizations
 * Donald O'Brien - former chair
 * Alejandro Grajal
 * Bob Perciasepe
 * William M. Evarts, Jr. - former Secretary